Study of the Ryu sprite from Capcom's Street Fighter 1 (thanks usr_share for the catch)
No infringement intended.

Some funny design choices here that changed slowly
as the series developed - i've incorporated some
"New Ryu" features like the ripped sleeves and pants
but kept the weird red ballet flats and older hair, glove,
bandana choices there.

I actually whittled him down a bit in the upper body but
defined the muscles more in there too; I can't say I've
played much of the games but it seems like there's some
massive variation in his body size, hopefully it's not
too offensive to anyone :^)

Done for a thread over on pixelation, was a nice
informative exercise for a Sunday night.

Used the original colours, which was a bit of a
challenge - not too bad though.